Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

مشيخة البيبرسية

English translation:

Bebarsian/Baibarsian mašyaḵa

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Arabic term

مشيخة البيبرسية

Arabic to English Social Sciences History
وأقام في مشيخة البيبرسية نحو عشر سنين

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Bebarsian mašyaḵa

Bebarsian mašyaḵa

مشيخة here is not sheikhdom

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baibars
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in the Baybarsiyya Lodge

مشيخة here is a Sufi lodge, as made clear here. You could leave it untranslated with a note, or use lodge or some other term for Sufi gathering-places.

http://shamela.ws/browse.php/book-37651/page-110#page-108

'حيث لا يزال يشغل مشيخة البيبرسية كبرى الخوانق وأوسعها أوقافا في عهده، وكانت البيبرسية تضم أكبر عدد من المتصوفة الذين تجري عليهم الأرزاق'
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